Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Very static board: -5
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -4 ?

THE ALAN ROBERT LAKEN CHARITABLE TRUST 

The trust fund and its income is to be applied at the discretion of the trustees, for the purpose of making grants for charitable purposes to such charities as the trustees in their absolute discretion decide within the objects of the Charity.
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Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 10 years

charity.administration@higgsllp.co.uk

01384327322

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
05/04/23£18£32£-14n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/22£16£33£-16n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/21£13£25£-12n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/20£18£30£-12n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/19£18£35£-18n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/18£18£23£-5£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/17£16£30£-14£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/16£16£15£1£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/15*£505£3£501£1£501£5011803.300

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/08/2014, number: 1158209
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
9 returns made; AR15: 48 days late,
Main office

HIGGS LLP
3 WATERFRONT BUSINESS PARK
Brierley Hill
West Midlands
DY5 1LX

Objectives

TO MAKE GRANTS TO SUCH CHARITIES AND FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DECIDE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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